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• Labor Day festivities

  The first Monday in September always means savoring the last days of summer and taking in the great music and the scent of barbe cue that wafts through the air.

• Critic's pick: Bill Frissell, 'Beautiful Dreamers'

  Few progressively minded instrumentalists - jazz or otherwise - have discovered such a vast cultural playground within the traditions of pop, jazz and Americana music as Bill Frissell.

• What a day to sing the blues: Blues by the Bay draws record crowd as...

  Maureen Donovan bobbed her head left to right, hips swaying as she danced near the edge of the crowd, eager to take in each note that emanated from Rod Piazza's harmonica.